The Ghost Of The Deceased Roman Empire Has Arisen

The Papacy is not other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof – Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher 1588 – 1679

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 33http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a1.htm
#57 This state of division into many nations is at once cosmic, social and religious. It is intended to limit the pride of fallen humanity [10] united only in its perverse ambition to forge its own unity as at Babel.[11] But, because of sin, both polytheism and the idolatry of the nation and of its rulers constantly threaten this provisional economy with the perversion of paganism.[12] -33